Jimmy Gilmore

Adjunct, Clarinet

210 Wainwright
(919) 760-2877.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Biography

Professional biography

Jimmy Gilmore has taught clarinet at Meredith since 1994. A student of Stanley Hasty, Leon Russianoff and Anthony Gigliotti, Gilmore was Principal Clarinet of the North Carolina Symphony through spring 2010, and is a former member of the Rochester Philharmonic and the U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point. He has made numerous appearances as soloist and recitalist throughout the Southeast. Gilmore also teaches at Duke University.

Gilmore is a published writer whose articles have appeared in The State magazine, The Spectator and Clarinetwork. In 1989, his one-act play, The Picture Album, won second prize in the Wachovia Playwrights Competition, a statewide contest. He is co-founder of Aurora Musicalis.